“We need drama and theater.” That was the direction I was given back in January as we discussed the basic design intent for our new Ogilvy Building. When the designers from Gensler showed me preliminary sketches for our new café in April the word “drama” was realized in 3D. As you can see from the sketch below, our new café will have a large center ... Full story
Cynthia Lindberg is our new building Design Director. She, Gunther Schumacher, Chris Wall and Jose Gutierez, have been working very closely with Gensler, our award winning design and architecture firm for 636 11th. She will be writing a paragraph or so for us every week to let us all know what's actually going on with the new building.
Growing Gardens
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Joshua Allen Harris gained some press with his inflatable street art—animals, serpents, and monsters. For the Environmental Defense Fund Ogilvy worked with the artist to create a mother polar bear and her cub for a heart-breaking PSA.
This site is a global conversation among women of color about what their skin means to them. It’s an online destination that places each guest at the center of a like-minded community—and which positions the Vaseline Cocoa Butter as a brand that understands women and their skin. Here ideas, memories and insights are shared. And everyday people can give voice to their skin.
Using video assets captured during a television commercial shoot, Ogilvy created an easy-to-learn game for SixFlags.com. Game play produces immediate gratification via verbal encouragement and downloadable desktops. As game sessions end, players are encouraged to share the game with friends and/or buy park tickets.
This site documents real viral spread, as Vaseline traveled to Kodiak Alaska to test its new Clinical Therapy moisturizing lotion. The product was given to one woman, who was free to ‘prescribe’ it to anyone she wanted. The ever-expanding site will host stories and images from the townspeople, and document the nation-wide spread of the product in coming months.
The IBM Documentary Project is an ongoing series of short films celebrating the innovative spirit and accomplishments of IBM customers from around the world. In addition to the customized IBM video player, these films are being distributed as TV spots, in-flight videos, podcasts, taxi and metro players, video banners, to name a few.